Starting and Completing Line Station Orders

If the line station order (LSO) has the status Frozen or Ready to Start, you can start the assembly order. When the order is started, the order is taken out of the buffer and is transferred to the first line station. The status of the LSO of the next line station is then Ready to Start. The start of an assembly order is the completion of the LSO that belongs to the buffer. Therefore, the status of the LSO is Completed at the point when the status of the LSO on the line station immediately after the buffer is Ready to Start. Both the start and completion of an assembly order can be intitiated from the Line Station - Assembly Orders (tiasl6510m000) session or the Buffer - Assembly Orders (tiasl6520m000) session.

You can choose to either complete line station orders individually by assembly line, or complete multiple line station orders at once across multiple assembly lines; you can do the latter only if the assembly lines are located in the same logistic company.

You can report a line station order completed for each line station, the advantage is that this will ensure correct actual time spent reporting. The disadvantage of reporting a line station order completed for each line station is that the task can be time consuming.

If you complete line station orders individually, you must start with the buffer of the first line segment of the assembly line. To do this, use the Buffer - Assembly Orders (tiasl6520m000) session. After completion of the line station order on the buffer, you must continue to the line station following the buffer. To do this, use the Line Station - Assembly Orders (tiasl6510m000) session. At this line station, you complete the line station order and continue to the next station, which is either a buffer or a line station, and report it as complete. Follow this procedure until you have completed all subsequent buffers and line stations on the assembly line.

To complete multiple line-station orders simultaneously, you can select a line station order closer to the end of the assembly line and report it as complete. In this case, all previous line station orders on the assembly line and linked supplying lines are completed automatically. The advantage of this approach is that it saves time on individual line stations by reporting each line station order complete. The disadvantage of this approach is that on all line stations, the line station order will be reported as completed by setting the planned end time as the actual end time, which might not always reflect the actual time spent on the line station. You can also use bar-coding to complete the line-station order.

To complete the LSOs, carry out the steps below:

1. In both methods of completion, to complete the line station order, you must select the order in either the Line Station - Assembly Orders (tiasl6510m000) session or the Buffer - Assembly Orders (tiasl6520m000) session, and click Complete Line Station Order from the appropriate menu.

2. After you complete the line station orders, LN sets the completed LSOs to the Completed status.

Receiving assembled items in inventory

Start Manufacturing > Assembly Control > Assembly Orders > Assembly Orders (tiasc2502m000).

Select an assembly order. Click Warehouse Order - Status Overview on the appropriate menu. To receive the assembled item in inventory, complete the remaining activities.

You must generate a handling unit. The usage of handling units is mandatory for manufactured FAS items if the Sell Multiples of Same Configuration parameter is selected.

Handling units are used to link the received serials and specification to the following:

• To be shipped serials.
• Specification in the outbound procedure.

After you complete the activities, the status of the assembly order is set to Completed.

Checking inventory of assembled items

Start Warehousing > Inventory 360 (whwmd4300m000).

Select the assembled item. Click Warehouse Inventory on the appropriate menu. The Warehouse - Item Inventory (whwmd2515m000)) session starts. In this session, select the warehouse where the assembled item is stored. To verify that the correct configuration and quantity of the assembled item is on-hand and available, click Inventory by Specification on the appropriate menu. The Inventory by Specification (whwmd2519m000) session starts.

You can also start the Inventory by Specification (whwmd2519m000) session from the Production Item 360 (timfc1500m000) session.

The product variant holds the configuration details of the assembled item. For more information, refer to Product variants in Warehousing .